The 'Black Saturday' bushfires were a series of bushfires that ignited across the Australian state of Victoria on and around Saturday, 7 February 2009. It was Australia's worst ever natural disaster. The fires occurred during extreme bushfire-weather conditions and resulted in Australia's highest ever loss of life from a bushfire: 173 people died and 414 were injured as a result of the fires. For most women being part of the Lasting Memories Mosaic Group was a way of reconnecting to the area, friends and neighbours. As the months went by, the idea of creating a gift to the community together was born. The women wanted to artistically express their memories of what they had experienced. Creating a mosaic seat in the heart of St Andrews allowed the group to be 'in control' of building something from the ground up - a symbol of hope, recovery and renewal. All of their experiences and memories have been included into the seat design, which makes it so special. This mosaic seat is proudly positioned outside the St Andrews Hall, which is also the site for the St Andrews market held every Saturday throughout the year.The Lasting Memories Mosaic group began this piece just after the Black Saturday fires in 2009. After the horrific fires ravaged through St Andrews and the surrounding areas, a group of bushfire affected ladies bravely came back to St Andrews to begin their healing in an artistic way. Each woman created something beautiful and meaningful, using remnants of crockery, glass, tiles and bricks salvaged from their own properties. This artworks identifies who they are and tells their personal 'life journey' and family heritage and memories of what they had experienced before, during and beyond Black Saturday. It is also an expression of their love for the St. Andrews area and the nature and people within it. A large concrete seat in the style of an organic chaise lounge covered in mosaic (broken tiles, glass, crockery and ceramics of all shapes and colour). The pieces have been placed to form pictures, words and patterns that tell and recount stories and memories of reflection, hope and love of a group of people who experienced the Black Saturday bushfires. (Click on links to view details of the seat) black saturday, mosaic, art, lasting memories, st andrews, tiles, glass, fire, concrete, cement, chris reade, ekphrasis2017

Set of three small framed tiles with humourous Dutch sayings.(a) Ik hoef niet te zwemmen in het geld maar pootje baden vind ik fijn. (I don't need to swim in money but I enjoy paddling in it). (b) Mannen moeten zijn als coffee, sterk goed en warm. (Men need to be like coffee, strong good and warm. (c Praat niet over jezelf, dat doen wij wel als je weg bent.

Black framed board. Large white cross. Coloured tilesVietnam Veterans Museum - Vietnam 1962-1973. Remembering 501 Army, Navy and Air force. Lest We Forgetmosaic panel

Colour Photograph of he Demolition of Brick Building, with tile roof

See 359Glazed border tile - cream background with pale green patternceramics, earthenware

see No 359Border tile green base with white curve and black dotceramics, earthenware

see No 359Border Tile - Orange with one black end and black centreceramics, earthenware

see 359Brown glazed border tile - crazed with dark brown edgingceramics, earthenware

Green glazed border tile - rounded with darker green edging(ON BACK) Patent 1502ceramics, earthenware

Brown glazed edging tile with lighter brown pattern at top.ceramics, earthenware

This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Framed ceramic tile with brown, black, yellow and blue colouring.art, artwork, ceramics, landscape, rosemary smith

John Gartner was a fine printer and publisher, an author, a noted philatelist, and also collector of Australian banknotes and coins. He was born on 16 July 1914 and was largely self-educated, leaving school at fourteen for work following the death of his father. Gartner developed a strong interest in the history of typography and printing and was apprenticed at the Advocate where his father had been a linotype operator. Aged 17, Gartner bought a hand press and some fonts of type, and in 1937 acquired a platen press from which he set and printed his private press books, published under the imprint of The Hawthorn Press. Gartner had a strong collection of Australian bookplates. He also looked at the work of artists overseas and commissioned personal plates. He subsequently built an international collection with preference for artists who printed from wood. His initial searches were in Belgium and Holland.(http://www3.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-84/t1-g-t7.html) Two abstract sculptural shapes mounted on a small tiled platformHenry Moore with signature and number 977keith wingrove memorial trust, australian bookplate design awards, bookplate, printmaking

Community art project coordinated by Grant Finck - MURAL PROJECT, CITY OF PORTLAND for Community Youth Programme.31 glazed ceramic tiles set onto wall at the Civic Hall, Bentinck Street, with cement in an open arrangement. Each tile depicts scenes of the sea and maritime flora and fauna in blue and grey.

Plain ceramic tile used for brown coloured glazes numbered 6,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18(Handwritten on back) 25 Blytheceramics, earthenware

Probably made for a churchPaartly glazed terra-cotta tile with Christian Pascal sign and leavesCrudely hand etched on back - chrismaceramics, terracotta

See 359Glazed Border tile with black background and interlocking green and cream diamonds.(on back) '9' '676'ceramics, earthenware

Glazed mosaic tile - dark green background with light green patternceramics, earthenware

Dark red glazed border tile slightly rounded with darker edge.ceramics, earthenware

See 359Orange glazed border tile with pattern of diamonds within squares of green'479'ceramics, earthenware

See 359White glazed rectangle tile engraved in orange writing 'This Water is Scalding''492A' '29' '5'ceramics, earthenware

see no. 359Thin earthenware tile glazed orange with black pattern. Used for border3770 (on back)ceramics, earthenware

Possibly designed by donor's mother, Mrs Emma OtterbachGreen glazed mosaic tile depicting morning angel with child on backceramics, earthenware

See 359Border tile glazed with brown and white squares. Rounded on one end.(on back) 298ceramics, earthenware

See 359Brown glazed corner tile. Raised edge with lighter brown design.ceramics, earthenware

See 359Blue glazed border tile with light blue pattern and gold knobs.ceramics, earthenware

Daniel Robertson Australia Pty Ltd, manufacturers of clay bricks, pavers and paving tiles. Company founded in 1853 and still family owned, exports paving tiles to Japan. Describes use of 'Hawthorn Bricks' and tuckpointing..Daniel Robertson Australia Pty Ltd, manufacturers of clay bricks, pavers and paving tiles. brickworks, daniel robertson australia pty ltd, robertson, peter, hawthorn bricks

The house at 113 Mountain View Road Briar Hill, formerly the home of Bob Barling, scoutmaster in the 1950s, was totally destroyed by fire. These items were salvaged from the site.Two items salvaged from house fire: Tile fragment & teapot spouttile, teapot

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